Santo Domingo. – The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reduced the provinces under alert from 29 to 25 due to the possible flooding of rivers, streams and ravinesas well as sudden or urban flooding as a result of recent rainfall.
However, the entity reported that it maintains eight demarcations on yellow alert and 17, including the National District, on green, due to the fact that the Tropical Storm Rafael maintains its indirect effects on the Dominican territory, and due to the incidence of a trough which will continue to generate humidity and instability.
In that sense, the relief agency indicated that moderate to heavy downpours, thunderstorms and occasional gusts of wind will persist until late into the night over part of the national geography.
The COE indicated that the provinces on yellow alert are Puerto Plata, Pedernales, Hermanas Mirabal, Barahona, Valverde, Duarte, Espaillat and Dajabón. While in green, there are Santo Domingo, San Juan, Montecristi, Samaná, Elías Piña, Azua, La Altagracia, San Pedro de Macorís, Distrito Nacional, Santiago, San Cristóbal, San José Ocoa, María Trinidad Sánchez, La Romana, Peravia , El Seibo and Hato Mayor.
The institution reiterated the call to the population to refrain from crossing rivers, streams and ravines that have high volumes of water in the provinces under alert.
Likewise, he urged operators of fragile, small and medium-sized vessels on the Atlantic coast to navigate with caution nearby without venturing out to sea, due to abnormal winds and waves.
